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ERIC HORNG
ABC News’ Correspondent
Eric Horng is an ABC News correspondent based in Chicago. In this role he reports for all ABC News broadcasts and platforms, including “World News with Charles Gibson,” “Nightline,” “Good Morning America,” ABC News Radio, ABC News Now and ABCNEWS.com.
Mr. Horng has covered a number of major stories this year, including the Minneapolis bridge collapse, the Virginia Tech massacre, flooding in the Midwest, the Utah wildfires and the Shawn Hornbeck kidnapping case.
Mr. Horng joined ABC News in August 2003 as a Chicago-based correspondent for NewsOne, the network’s affiliate news service. In this role, he reported from the scene of several high profile stories, including the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, the legal battle over the fate of Terri Schiavo in Florida and the child molestation trial of Michael Jackson in California. In 2005 he was instrumental in NewsOne’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina, filing numerous reports from Louisiana during and after the storm.
Before joining ABC News, Mr. Horng was a national correspondent based in Los Angeles for CNN Newsource. From July 2000 to August 2003, he provided packaged and live reporting for CNN’s networks and affiliates. From July 1999 to June 2000, he was a correspondent for CNN in Atlanta and filed reports for CNN’s southwest bureau and political unit. He reported extensively on the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping, the Columbia shuttle disaster, the 60th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Elian Gonzalez custody battle.
Mr. Horng graduated with honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.